The end is nigh
How did the triumphant winner of the 1992 election become the disregarded underdog of 1997?
WHICH is the real John Major? Is he the John Major whom much of the public thinks it knows: boring, panicky and weak? Or is he the John Major whom his few but staunch fans discern: not so nice but cleverer, braver and more resilient than his public image, his chief problem that he leads a party which has taken leave of its senses? In short, is Mr Major's plight his own fault?
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The end is nigh”
From the March 22nd 1997 edition
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